Jean Robert Alesi is a French professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1989 and 2001, including spells at Tyrrell, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan and Ferrari, where he proved very popular among the Tifosi. He won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, but this proved to be the only win of his Formula One career. During his time in Formula One, Alesi was particularly good in the wet and was a mercurial and passionate racer, whose emotions sometimes got the better of him. Alesi jointly holds the record with four other drivers for the driver who scored the most podiums before claiming their first Grand Prix win (15).
Alesi at Geneva International Motor Show in 2019
Alesi at the 1991 US GP, driving for Ferrari
Jean Alesi took his only Grand Prix win at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
Alesi driving for Sauber at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.
The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell (1924–2001) which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three Drivers' Championships and one Constructors' Championship with Jackie Stewart. The team never reached such heights again, although it continued to win races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s, taking the final win for the Ford Cosworth DFV engine at the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix. The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997 and completed its final season as Tyrrell in the 1998 Formula One season. Tyrrell's legacy continues in Formula One as the Mercedes-AMG F1 team, who is Tyrrell's descendant through various sales and rebrandings via BAR, Honda, and Brawn GP.
Jackie Stewart and Tyrrell won their first championship with the French Matra chassis.
Tyrrell's first F1 car, the 001, being demonstrated at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler
The Tyrrell 012 (pictured at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed) raced from 1983 to 1985.